Improvement in bottle-washing apparatus



F. Scuucu & A. FEYH. Bottle-Washing Apparatus. No. 138,046." PatentedApri|22,l873.

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FREDERTGK SGHLIOH AND ADRIAN FEYH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLE-WASHING APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 138,046, dated April22, 1873; application filed July 11, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK ScHLrcH and ADRIAN FEYH, of the city andState of New York, have invented an Improvement in BottleWVashingApparatus; and the following is declared to be a correct descriptionthereof.

This invention is for washing the insides of bottles, such as those usedfor beer, soda-water, wine, 850., whereby all impurities are removed,and the bottle allowed to drain suifi ciently to remove any water thatin the ordinary washing operation might remain in the bottle.

The bottles, as they are received into the bottling establishment, arepreferably put into a tub or vat of water and allowed to soak asufficient time to soften any foreign matter that may adhere to eitherthe inside or the outside of the bottles. The outside of the bottles arewashed off, and each bottle is illverted and placed over a nipple andwithin a support, and water is turned on through the nipple and the jetwashes the inside of the bottle, and in this position of the bottles theWater drains out rapidly as soon as the supply is shut off.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the bottle, itsholder, and the jet-nipple. Fig. 2 is a plan of the parts with thebottle in section, and Fig. 3 is a plan illustratin g these washersarranged in two rows.

A number of jet-nipples, a, are attached to a water-pipe, b, and each isprovided with a ring, a, carrying uprights d or fingers forming supportsto steady the bottle centrally over the jet-nipple a. These supports 01are of a length and shape suitable for the bottle to be washed. Withearthen beenbottles the supports 01 will be short, as shown, for theneck to rest upon. With soda-water bottles and wine-bottles the supportswill be longer so as to impinge at the tapering sides or neck.

These supports and jet-nipples are to be ar ranged in rows or clusters,preferably in two clusters or rows, so that the attendant is filling onerow or cluster with bottles while the bottles in a previously-filled rowor cluster are being washed or rinsed out; then the water is shutofffrom the first row or cluster and turned upon the second to wash themout while the first row is being removed and their places refilled, andthe operation proceeded with as before.

The jet-nipples a'may be provided with numerous holes, if desired.

We claim as our invention- The bottlewashing apparatus, made of thejet-nipples a, and bottle-supporting fingers d, arranged in the mannerand for the purposes specified.

Signed by us this 1st day of July, A. D. 1872.

FREDERICK SOHLIGH. ADRIAN FEYH.

\Vitnesses GEO. T. PINCKNEY, CHAS. E. SMITH.

